Hat-pin guard.



L. LASSON.

HAT PIN GUARD.

PPLIOATION FILED 1113.6, 1911.

1,047,539. v PatentedvDec. 17, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLNuuRAPl-l Co.,wAsH1NuTnN, D. c.

LOUIS LASSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-PIN GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17,1912.

Application led February 6, 1911. Serial No. 606,701.

To all whom i may concern;

Be it known that I, LOUIS LAssoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Guards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hat pin guards, the object ofthe invention being to provide an improved device of this characterwhich may be positioned on the pointed end of any ordinary hat pin,which will prevent injury being done by the pin, and which will preventloss of the hat pin.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a view illustrating myimprovements in operative position. Fig. 2, is a view in longitudinalsection. Fig. 3, is a view in section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, andFig. 4L is a similar view in section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

1, represents a hat pin having any suitable head 2 thereon.

12 is my improved guard which comprises a metal tube having a hollowornamental head 16 at one end. Inside of the tube 12, a tubular clampingspring 15 is fixed and said spring 15 and the tube 12 at their entranceends are flared outward as shown to afford a ready entrance for thepin 1. Spring 12, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, tapers throughout itslength and is split throughout its length at one side as shown at 9. Inthe opposite side of the tubular spring 7, a longitudinal slot 10 isprovided, extending inward a short distance from its smaller end. Thissmaller end of the spring tube 12 is flattened or oval in cross sectionas shown whereby two spring jaws are formed, which are bent toward eachother, and curved in the arc of a circle greater than the normal arc ofthe tube. These jaws are spread apart by the pin and securely clamp thepin. The tube 12 is split longitudinally and is provided between itsends with a bead 13. Into this bead 13, a similar bead 14: in thetubular spring 15 is projected and holds the spring against movement.This tube 12 is provided with a hollow head 16 in which a filling ofcork or other suitable material 17 is located to receive the pointed endof the pin.

Having thus I claim as new ters Patent is:

A hat pin guard comprising a cylindrical casing, a truncated conicaltubular spring secured in said casing, the smaller end of said tubularspring inclosed in the tube, and the outer ends of said casing and tubeflared forming an entrance for the pin, said spring tube splitthroughout its length at one side, and split longitudinally from itssmaller end inwardly a distance less than the length 0f the spring toform jaws, and said jaws at the smaller end of the spring bent towardeach other, and curved in the arc of a circle greater than the normalarc of the tube, an annular bead on said tubular spring between the endsof said tubular spring, and an internal annular groove in the casingreceiving said bead, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS LASSON.

Vitnesses It. II. KRENKEL, CHARLES E. Por'rs.

described my invention, what and desire to secure by Let- Copies of thispatent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissionerof Patents,

Washington, D. C.

